Russia/Georgia conflict boils over; Marital sex ignored on TV

Russia and Georgia

• Hostilities Escalate in Georgia - WSJ
• War in the Caucasus - WSJ Opinion (as heard on RLL)

“Western leaders should have seen this coming…” - Wall Street Journal

Richard Land invokes Barney Fife: “Nip it in the bud!…Nip it! Nip it! Nip it!”

TV sex

• Happily Never After: New PTC Study Reveals TV Favors Non-Marital Sex - Parents Tv Council) - Parents Tv Council

STUDY:“Across the broadcast networks, the new PTC report found that verbal references to non-marital sex outnumbered references to sex in the context of marriage by nearly 3 to 1, and scenes depicting or implying sex between non-married partners outnumbered similar scenes between married couples by a ratio of nearly 4 to 1. ..”

MEDVED: “For many years, parents have worried about television’s glamorization of destructive sexual behavior. This important new report suggests another cause for concern: the de-glamorization of marriage. Statistics show that the overwhelming majority of Americans feel satisfied and fulfilled by their marriages. The notion that sex outside of marriage is inherently more exciting, more important, more worthy as the subject of story-telling, is a toxic message for parents and children alike.”

Evangelicals and the election

• How America decides - Time

“A new TIME poll of white Evangelical voters finds that 70% support John McCain…27% of his Evangelical backers say they are not enthusiastic about him.”

• The Global Ambition of Rick Warren - Time Magazine (Cover story, Aug 18, 2008)

“I have never been considered a part of the religious right, because I don’t believe politics is the most effective way to change the world,” he says now. “Although public service can be a noble profession, and I believe it is our responsibility to vote, I don’t have much faith in government solutions, given the track record. It’s why I am a pastor, not a politician. None of my values have changed from four years ago, but my agenda has definitely expanded.” - Warren

Election update

• Political Cycles - Peggy Noonan

“For the first time the idea began to take hold that John McCain can win this thing… the other day a friend said something I hadn’t heard before: “This is 1948, and Obama is Tom Dewey”“